Another Run in the books....

I started off the morning at 5:45 am. Big Blue Madness tickets went on sale on Ticketmaster.com at 6am. I had 4 tickets and was very excited. I picked my shipping method and hit the continue button. After that, things went south. It said it could not process my request and to redo it. By the time I got back in to redo it, the tickets were gone. I WAS PISSED. I called Mike later and he was not able to get any online either. A similiar thing happened to him, so we were both pissed.

I drove to the church to meet Rich and Mickey to run this morning at 6:30am. When I got there I powered up my Garmin so it would be ready to go. It instantly went to showing the battery was low and cut off. I didn't have it connected good overnight, so it didn't charge. I was beginning to wonder if anything would go right today.

Rich and Mickey got there and we got ready to run. They were doing 16 miles today. I wanted to do more, but I didn't want to push it. I had in my head to get 6 miles today. They decided to run a 6 mile loop, resupply with water, then run another 5 mile loop. After another water stop to resupply, they wer e going to finish their last 5 miles. I was running the 1st 6 mile loop with them.

We got started and the pace was good for me. I was hoping I was not slowing them down. When I asked, they said I was not because they had to do 16 miles and were not planning on a blazing pace. We talked and cut up the whole time running. They 1st 4 miles went by quick. I felt good and my knee was outstanding. As we clocked the last 2 miles, I was thinking of pushing for 8 miles before calling it a day. We discussed it, but decided I didn't need to push a good thing. So when we got to the 1st water resupply for them I stopped. We had ran the 1st 6 miles in alittle over 57 mins. Not that bad!!! I was happy with it anyway. They quickly grabbed new water bottles and headed off for the next 5 mile loop. I streched out some and then headed home. I drank my usual Endurance Fuel drink and took a shower. I iced my knee down for about 30 mins or so just to be safe. I plan on hitting 7 or 8 miles on Monday morning. Wish me luck!!!!!!

Running Log

Saturday, Sept. 27th 6 miles in 57:19

Week total = 15 miles over 3 runs (4, 5, and 6 miles)

It has been awhile since I last bogged

Sorry it has been awhile since I have blogged. I have been busy with Fall Baseball with my son and Fall Soccer with my daughter. Well, I tried to run 1 1/2 miles after I ran the 1st mile after injury. I made it 1.25 miles before my knee started it hurt. I stopped running and just walked home. Later that day at therapy, my knee hurt almost everytime I did an exercise. I kept going to therapy and took another week and a half off.

I went back to running and got 2 miles done. I ran at night when it was cooler. My knee felt fine, but I kept thinking about it while I ran and I thought it was going to hurt. I stopped after 2 miles because I didn't want to push it too much. I rested the next day and was happy when I woke up and my knee was not sore at all. I did ice it down afterwards for about 30-45 mins. After resting a day, I ran 3 miles the next time. It felt good and there was no pain. I iced down my knee again just to be safe. I awoke the next morning without pain. After resting another day, I ran 4 miles Tuesday night. The last 1/2 mile or so I had to work to keep my breathing down. Miss a month of running and you will lose your wind quick. I ran that 4 miles at a 10 min per mile pace. The next day when I got up, I was still pain free. I rested yesterday and tried to get ready for 5 miles today.

I tried to get up at 5am to run, but when the alarm went off, I hit the snooze button. It was still dark outside and it was hard to get up. I chickened out and reset the alarm for 6:30am to get up for work. I felt bad today at work for not getting up and made plans to run this afternoon before my daughter's soccer practice. Of course, this afternoon was warm, but atleast there was a good breeze. I started out and rain my 1st mile a little quicker than I had planned. I wanted to run around 10 min miles, but the 1st mile was 8 1/2 mins. I slowed down some because I knew that just starting back, I could never do 5 miles at that pace. I ran the 1st 3 1/2 miles pretty good, but the last 1 1/2 miles almost killed me. My side and lungs got to burning, but I pushed through it to finish all 5 miles. Five miles on the same road sucks. My rode is a little over .25 miles long and I am the 1st house on my street. So if I run to the end of the road and back it is 1/2 mile. I got really tired of looking at the same stuff over and over again. I have to run on my street because my wife is at work and I got my kids. They rode their bikes probably 4 miles of the 5 that I ran.

I plan on rest tomorrow and running 5 to 6 miles on Saturday. I want to run the Harvest Moon 10K in White House in October. I would LOVE to run the 1/2 marathon in Nashville on Oct. 4th, but I will not be ready for that. Maybe I can hit the 10 Miler in Goodlettsville in Nov. Once my knee is 100% and I am fully confident in it, I will start back to training for a marathon.


Running Log

Thurs. Sept. 25th 5 miles in approx 45-50 mins (My Garmin died after 1 mile so I have no idea on time)

Tues. Sept. 23rd 4 miles in 40:32 mins

Sun. Sept. 21st 3 miles in 28 mins

Thurs. Sept. 17th 2 miles in 19 mins

Well I done it....

I ran a mile today for the 1st time since injuring my left knee. I ran it at a 9:30 pace. I was trying for 10-11 min pace, but it was hard to run that slow. I was happy that I ran a mile and didn't die after not running for 3 1/2 weeks. My knee felt good. I thought a couple of times that it was going to start hurting, but I think i was just concentrating on it too much. If I just get out there and run and not think about it, I think I will be ok. Both my knees ached a bit after running, but they have not done it in a while. I plan on running 1 1/2 to 2 miles on Monday morning before going to work. If that goes well, I will run 2 to 2 1/2 on Wednesday. I plan on running every other day until I get back up to 3 1/2 miles. When I get there, I will probably get back to training for a marathon granted I am not having any issues with my knee.

Good News!!!!

I went to the doctor today and he told me I could start running again. BUT, I have to start out slow on a flat surface. He wanted me to walk 3 miles and then rest the next day to see if my knee would hurt. If it didn't, I could run 1/2 to 1 mile and then rest a day. If everything was good, then I could run 2 or 3 miles. If I get to 3 miles ok, I plan on running 3 miles a day for 4 or 5 days to test it more. If that is good, then I plan on getting back to running 5 to 6 miles. I don't think I will be able to run the 1/2 marathon in October though. But I would rather heal up good, than hurt after every run.

I walked 3.25 miles today in 50 mins. I know it ain't a blistering pace, but it was still a good test for my knee. Everything felt great afterwards, so I am looking forward to Friday and running a mile.

Physical therapy is going well too. I have 5 more sessions and we are going to start doing some more intense things to strengthen my legs this Friday.

More later....